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The Tech Community Must Invest More In San Franciso 17 Aug 2013 | 07:05 am
Tweet Several years ago, when Square was just eight people, I was invited by Jack Dorsey to his loft in SOMA to meet the team and get a sneak peek at the Square device. After I interviewed Dorsey, he...
What Will It Take For Us to Get Angry? 1 Jul 2013 | 06:48 am
Tweet Edward Snowden, The Guardian and The Washington Post know how to keep a story in the news. Instead of dumping all of their leaked documents to the public, they are slowly releasing information...
Man of Steel Review: An Invincible Alien Gets Humanized 11 Jun 2013 | 11:38 am
Tweet I have avoided spoilers in this review. I was lucky enough to be at the San Francisco premiere of Man of Steel, Dan Snyder’s take on one of the world’s most iconic characters. Is it the next B...
NSA’s PRISM: This Isn’t Over, So Can We Please Breathe Before We Jump to Conclusions? 8 Jun 2013 | 03:24 am
Tweet The dropped a bombshell last night — the government is spying on you! And it’s in cahoots with the world’s most popular Internet companies to do it! If that isn’t a recipe for a shitstorm, I d...
Bay to Breakers, Through the Eyes of Google Glass 21 May 2013 | 07:30 pm
Tweet I decided to wear Google Glass to Bay to Breakers, San Francisco’s annual “What kind of ridiculous and/or slutty costume can I wear?” race/celebration. This is part of my month-long experiment ...
Is Apple’s Tim Cook on the Money with Changing U.S. Tax Laws? My Thoughts on CNBC [VIDEO] 21 May 2013 | 04:23 am
Tweet I dropped by CNBC this afternoon to discuss an issue that will dominate the headlines this week — a proposal by Apple CEO Tim Cook to simplify the tax laws regarding the repatriation of corpora...
Rocking Google Glass on NBC’s Press: Here [VIDEO] 20 May 2013 | 09:37 pm
Tweet I dropped by NBC Bay Area recently for NBC’s Press: Here to interview some awesome people, including Hipmunk CEO Adam Goldstein and Zoosk CEO Shayan Zadeh. But mostly, I dropped by to chat abo...
Mark Zuckerberg Is an Awesome CEO. Watch Me Explain Why on CNBC [VIDEO] 16 May 2013 | 05:05 am
Tweet I was on CNBC earlier today to answer the question, “Is Mark Zuckerberg In Over His Hoodie?”, facing off against Silverback Social CEO Chris Dessi. My argument was simple: Facebook stock has b...
Reading: “Boston Combs Mile-Square Crime Scene After Blasts” 16 Apr 2013 | 10:37 pm
Tweet Boston Combs Mile-Square Crime Scene After Blasts – NYTimes.com. These monsters will be brought to justice, but it’s going to take a lot of time and patience.
Debating Samsung vs. Apple on CNBC 16 Mar 2013 | 01:22 am
Tweet Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S4, but will it be enough to topple Apple? That’s the question that CNBC posed to me and my friend Colleen Taylor of TechCrunch. I took a position that even sur...
